The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-11-05
ALL THE NEWS
OF WEST VIRGINIA RECORDED In
BRIEF SPACE.
Incidents and Accidents and Matters
Miscellaneous.



A Grant county citizen has made
an offer to furnish to $4,000 if the
citizens of Piedmont will raise $780,
600, to erect a wooden mill.
There are upwards of 100000 acres
of lard in Randolph county adver-
tised by the sheriff as delinquent for
the years 1885 and 1886 One tract
consists of 100000 acres and there
are number containing from 1000
to $4,000 acres.
A white girl named Sarah Fitz-
water, aged about 10 years, living
with the family of George T. VIII
liams, of Moorefield, ran away with
big negro named Hugh Holdings
worth. They were arrested and the
negro held for the grand jury.
H. J. Williamson. of Tyler county,
a hunter of considerable note, spent
several weeks last winter hunting in
the mountains of Randolph, and sue
ceeded in killing 16 deer, besides
numerous other small game He is
going to that region again this win
ter.
Hon. Charles E. Hogg, the new
Congressman from the Fourth dis
trict of this State, has been invited
by the American Shipping and In
dustiial League to deliver an adj
dress before the League at its meet
ing in Birmingham, Ala, on the 7th
inst, ON the interests Of ocean com
merce. He has accepted the invita-
ton.
Mrs. Duty, wife of NJ. X. Duty,
ex- County Superintendent of the
Richie schools and at present Mayor
of Pennsboro, who became jealous of
her husband, it is said, several
months ago and left home, going
over into Ohio about Athens, return
ed home three or four days ago. She
and her husband have become recon
ciled and are again living together.
| She returned to Pennsboro on the
evening train, unannounced, and
went straight to her home, where
she found her husband and children.
The editor of the West Union
Record had narrow escape from
being killed and then drowned the
other day. He was riding with a
friend in buggy when the horse
became manageable and iran vio-
lently down a steep place into the
water" The editor jumped before
the buggy struck the water and fell
in water 10 or l. feet and distance
of several feet from the shore, and
the buggy came down on top of him.
He managed to scramble out with no
worse hurts than a bad scare, a
sprained ankle and shoulder and a
few slight scratches. His friend was
unhurt.
Peasants county comes to the
front with another disturbance at
at a church, this time between two
women. The st. Marys Oracle tells
it this way: "News reaches us of a
stabbing affray which occurred on
Horseneck, this county, one day this
week, in which two women take the
prominent part. 1t seems that Mrs.
Geo. Malone was attacked in time
of meeting by Mrs Mary Matheny
and stabbed with a pocket-knife, in
fiicting Il serious wound. Several
other persons present took part, and
the affair ended in general battle
/ There seems to be an old grudge be-
tween the two women and Mrs. Ma.
theny swore that she would kill the
other woman if she ever got q
chance
Louis Beyers, the well known
brewer and one of the oldest citizens
of Grafton, committed suicide Tues
day morning, by taking four ounces
1 of laudanum. Before he took the
fatal dose he went about telling his
friends of his intentions and bidding
them good bye, but as he has always
been eccentric they paid no attcn-
ton to him. just before noon he
rcalled at the drug store Of Grant 4
!, a jackson and procured a vial Of
laudanum, saying it was for sick
horse, and crossing to the store Of
Hirah Gaines he asked for glass
pretending that he wanted to take q
drink Of whiskey. After he had
swallowed the liquid he showed the
Mortified proprietor the bottle and
told him what he had done. Medi
cal aid was summoned at once but
the misguided man successfully re
sisted all attempts to force an anti
dote down him and though every
effort was made to save hin
{ he died Thursday morning at 81,
o'clock, after NEARLY forty-five hours
of terrible suffering. This was thu
third attempt he had made at sell
destruction, domestic trouble beine
! the cause. He was about sixty
years old and leaves a wife and sis
children all grown but one son. TIL,
case is one that enlists great dea
of sympathy.